Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-10-12

was ever used to carry people to tn
fair grounds. II gave great satisfac
ton, but there were not passenge
coaches enough. Perry Hachett hae
management of the train. Geo. w
Jones acted as station master and sole
the tickets, having an Office at botf
ends of the route, and Geo. Monaghan
acted as conductor. Over two hun
dred persons were carried at load
In the meantime there was a great
procession of carriages, buggies and
wagons from all parts Of the city to-
wards the grounds. People living
near by, made the journey on foot
1t was a lively scene. Around the
ticket Office was a constant jam, and
especially when train load would
arrive. S. A. l.. Warner was doing
big work selling tickets, but was
obliged to call for help, and he was
reinforced by the Secretary. Both OF
them had lively work. There was a
constant stream of silver into the So
ciety's cash box, and a constant stream
of tickets were passed out Of the win
dow in exchange. In an hour or two
three thousand persons had entered the
grounds and the dark financial gloom
that had settled on the Society broke
away, and success smiled upon the
officials. They deserved it, for they
had worked hard making the necessa-
~ arrangements.
Inside the grounds was a scene well
worth seeing, in which the people
present formed a prominent part.
Some were in the hall. some examin-
ing the cattle, horses, agricultural i'm
plements, but by far the greater part
of the people gathered in and about
the grand stand, and occasionally a
tremendous shout would resound
from that place, as winning horse
shot under the wire. The peanut
stands were doing an immense bust.
ness, and were evidently the most at
tractive exhibit to the children. It
was fun to hear youthful capitalist
exclaim to his less fortunate chum /:
II came up on the cars, I've got fifty
cents to spend" How immense he
felt. He scared miles high above the
boy who had walked up and had
but nickle to spend. Hundreds of
carriages we're being driven about
the roads or around the track. There
was life everywhere, joyous life, for
the citizens had put aside the cares
and troubles of life and were enjoy
ing much needed recreation. This
alone was worth having the fair for.
1t tended to give Alpena people some
idea Of their strength, for but few
strangers were present, and the great
.er part of those present live in the
county. Yet there were not one-quar-
ter of the inhabitants present.
AS you enter, you naturally turn
to the right. There are situated the
stalls for the horses. and some fine
stock was exhibited. Near by is an
exhibit by Albert G. Frost, S. f. LIE
Roy, j. w. Hall and others that at
tracted much attention from the farm
ers. 1t was a display of agricultural
implements, and a wind mill was in
operation. There were the Economist
pillow. the Eureka mower, with n sun
shade for the driver, Smalley's cham
pion plows, the Acme pulverizing har-
row, pumps, cultivators, etc.
A few steps and you enter the agri-
cultural building. The place has
four wings and small center part.
The building is only temporary one.
and some day when the society gets
firmly established financially, commo.
dious and elegant buildings will be
erected. In the front wing is the
vegetable department and the display
is fine one and gives general salts
faction. On the stands, at the sides
and in the center, and in baskets on
floor, are mammoth giants from the
fertile gardens and farms of Alpena.
There are yellow, red and white onions,
radish, beets. turnips, mangle wurt-
eel, ruta bagas, celery, Hubbard
squash. pumpkins, carrots, yellow and
white, tankerd, cucumbers. radisb,
caulifowers. parsnips, tomatoes, cit
rons, watermelons and various kinds
of potatoes--Beauty of Hebron,
White Star, Early Rose. This part
of the exhibit was much visited.
The wing to the right was occupied
by fine display of furniture by Geo.
A. Shannon and a Hess pure air
heater exhibited by A. G. Frost, and
was very attractive. The next wing
was crowded with exhibits, among
which were several magnificent Gar
land stoves, from the hardware stores
of Beach Il Alger. One of the stoves
always had q group of persons in
front of it. It was the $50 Garland
cook stove offered by Beach & Alger
to the person who guessed nearest its
weight, at ten cents guess, and half
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